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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Skyscraper Death Ray, History of Hot Tubs, Our Sun's Death

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Society & Culture, Science, Education

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This episode celebrates our latest digital issue going live! The weirdest things we learned this week range from a skyscraper that can fry an egg to the Italian legacy of hot tubs. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"? The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us! Click here to learn more about all of our stories!  Click here to follow our sibling podcast, Ask Us Anything!  -- Follow our team on Twitter Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman Corinne Iozzio: www.twitter.com/CorinneIOZO Purbita Saha: www.twitter.com/hahabita Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Produced by Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/popular-science/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/popular-science/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week.

0:08.9

And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles, we also find plenty

0:13.2

of weird facts that we just keep around the office.

0:16.0

So we figured, why not share those with you?

0:18.4

Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week from the editors of Popular Science.

0:22.1

I'm Rachel Feldman.

0:23.1

I'm Pervita Sa'ha, and I'm Karen Iozzy.

0:27.0

Welcome everyone to the weirdest thing, and it is a very special episode for a couple

0:31.8

of reasons.

0:32.8

First of all, it is the final episode of season four, which is crazy.

0:39.6

Where does thing has existed for several years now?

0:43.2

We have more listeners than we ever dreamed of, and we're so grateful to you all, and we

0:50.6

also need a little break.

0:51.8

So we're taking it.

0:54.1

But we will be back in the fall.

0:56.5

We will let you know as soon as we have an exact date so you can mark your calendars.

1:01.6

And I think we're ready to announce this.

1:05.8

We are hoping to have a live show between now and then.

1:10.0

And more information will be coming your way soon.

1:14.1

But our favorite spot, caveat in New York City, is back open with tons of COVID-safe guidelines.

1:21.4

And we are hoping to do a hybrid show.

1:23.6

So a few select folks who buy tickets super fast will get to hang out with us in person.

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